Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Water polo-Hungary win bronze after beating Russian team
By Sam Nussey (Reuters) - Hungary claimed the bronze medal in the Olympic women's water polo competition with a gritty 11-9 win over the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team at Tatsumi Water Polo Cent...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-Britain’s Yafai, Bulgaria’s Krasteva wins flyweight golds
By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Galal Yafai and Bulgaria's Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva won first boxing golds for their countries at the Tokyo Olympics after dominant displays in their fly...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-Bulgarian Krasteva wins women’s flyweight gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva of Bulgaria beat Buse Naz Cakiroglu of Turkey to win the women's flyweight boxing gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Cakiroglu won silver, whil...
Aug 07, 2021
Cricket-History-maker Ellis enjoys “surreal moment” with debut hat-trick
(Reuters) - Nathan Ellis admitted he was fortunate to be a member of Australia's touring squad in Bangladesh after becoming the first male player to secure a Twenty20 hat-trick on his debut on Friday....
Aug 07, 2021
China’s crude oil imports rebound as state refiners return from overhauls
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's crude oil imports rebounded in July from a six-month low as state-backed refiners ramped up output after returning from maintenance, though independent refineries slowed re...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-Britain’s Yafai wins men’s flyweight gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Galal Yafai of Britain beat Carlo Paalam of the Philippines to win the men's flyweight boxing gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Paalam won silver, while Ryomei Tanaka of ...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Organisers say issued warnings, revoked accreditation to enforce COVID-19 rules
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Saturday they have so far issued severe warnings to 16 individuals and revoked the accreditation of several people for breaking the Games' COVID-19 ...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Basketball-U.S. beat France to win 16th men’s gold
By Rocky Swift SAITAMA (Reuters) - Kevin Durant led Team USA's victory over France in the men's basketball final in Tokyo on Saturday, avenging a first-round loss and claiming a 16th gold for the coun...
Aug 07, 2021
Australian soldier seriously injured in crocodile attack in Queensland -media
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian Army soldier suffered serious head and chest injuries after being mauled by a crocodile that attacked him late on Friday, Australia media reported, with a colleague...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Tokyo has shown the pandemic can be beaten, Games health adviser says
TOKYO (Reuters) - A leading Olympic Games health adviser said on Saturday that Tokyo 2020 had shown the COVID-19 pandemic could be beaten and would provide data to help countries around the world batt...
Aug 07, 2021
